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General Informations

  • Join Date: 22/07/1985
  • College: Directorate of Research(Agri)
  • Department: Directorate of Research (Agriculture)
  • Office Email: ashok.bhattacharyya[at]aau.ac.in
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Education Details

 
 
 
 
 
1982
B.Sc. (Agri.)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1985
M.Sc. (Agri.)

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1995
Ph.D.

Assam Agricultural University

 
 
 
 
 
1997
Other Qualifications

Rice Genome Programme, Tsukuba , Ibaraki, Japan

Employment History

 
 
 
 
 
07-05-2018 - 06-05-2023
Director of Research (Agri.)

Assam Agricultural University

Publications

B Gogoi; A Baishya; M Borah; J R Hazarika; J Jyoti; K K Sharma; A Bhattacharyya (2022) . Rasised and sunken bed system for crop diversification, improving water productivity and economic returns: A case study in low lying paddy lands of North East India, Agricultural Water Management , 264(1), 107496-107496 , DOI : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2022.107496
B Temjenmenla; K C Puzari; A Bhattacharyya; P D Nath; P Dutta (2022) . Characterization of twenty one isolates of Beauveria bassiana and study their bio-efficacy against Nodostoma subcostatum, Biological Forum, 14(1), 1389-1401
B Saikia; A Bhattacharyya; P Bora (2022) . Spatio-temporal distribution of endophytes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) crop, Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences , 92(6), 775-778 , DOI : DOI:10.56093/ijas.v92i6.121667
Bora, P.; Bhattacharyya, A. and Debnath, P.(2022). Bioprospecting Plant Microbiome-A Novelty to Plant Health Management in Organic Production (edited Compendium). ICAR, Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat
Hazarika, D.J.; Kakoti, M.; Bhattacharyya, A. and Boro, R.C.(2022). Biocontrol applications of Microbial metabolites. in : Biocontrol Mechanisms of Endophytic Microorganisms, Radhakrishnan, E.K.; Kumar, A.; R, A. (Eds), Academic Press,Academic press, pp 181-216, ISBN:https://doi.org/10.1016/B.
Saikia, B.; Gogoi, S.; Savani, A. and Bhattacharyya, A.(2022). Metabolites and peptides of endophytic origin in plant growth promotion and defense reaction in Solanaceous crop tomato. in : New and Future Developments in Microbial Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Singh, H.B.; Vaishnav, A.; (Eds), Elsevier ,elsevier, pp 89-110, ISBN:Paperback ISBN: 978032385.
Bhattacharyya, A.; Bora, P.; Rahman, M. and Saikia, S.(2022). Bioprospecting rizospheric microbes for plant health management . in : Bioprospecting Plant Microbiome-A Novelty to Plant Health Management in Organic Production, Bora, P.; Bhattacharyya, A.; Debnath, P. (Eds), ICAR,Assam Agricultural University, Jorhat, pp 36-46.
Dutta, P.; Bhattacharyya, A. and Kumari, A.(2023). Innovative integrated pest management paradigm for sustainable crop production with special reference to North East India. in : Insect Pest Management in Diverse Cropping Systems CRC Press, Taylor & Francis, Singh, D.; (Ed), CRC Press, Taylor & Francis,Apple Academic Press Inc. CRC Press 1265 Goldenrod Circle, NE, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW, Palm Bay, FL 32905 USA Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487-27, pp 61-90, ISBN:ISBN: 978-1-77491-116-7 (.
Achievements
  • Recognition for facilitating GI for Gamocha
  • Signed MoUs with different organization/institutes
  • Acted as a member in PRT constituted by ICAR for BN University, Udaipur
  • Acted as a member of selection committee for Astt. Prof. of Majuli Cultural University as Governor's nominee
  • Member, Board of PG Studies Nagaland University
  • Member of Executive Council, Assam Women’s University (AWU),Jorhat, Assam
  • Head, Operational Project Implementation Unit (OPIU),Assam Agribusiness and Rural Transformation Project (APART)
  • Nodal Officer, RKVY,AAU
  • Co- Ordinator, DBT’s NER, Banana Program for the NE,DBT
  • Chairman, Augmentation of Agriculture through Efficient Resource Utilization with Participatory Approach
  • Visited Vietnam as an official delegate to study the advance agricultural practices and possibilities of executing those in Assam
  • Nominated for 'Prof R P Purkayasthya Memorial Award 2022' by Indian Mycological Society, Kolkata
Membership
  • Indian Phytopathological Society, New Delhi
    Life Member
  • Indian Society of Mycology and Plant Pathology, Udaipur
    Life Member
Projects
  • Govt. of Arunachal Pradesh sponsored project on "Development of PoP and GI of some commodities of Arunachal Pradesh", implemented in 2021.
  • World Bank sponsored project on "Agricultural Market Intelligence", implemented in 2021.
  • DST sponsored project on "Development of ready to use tablet formulation of antimicrobial essential oils for eco friendly management of crop pathogens by spray application", project cost Rs.48.52293 Lakh implemented in 2023.
  • Govt of Assam sponsored project on "RKVY", implemented in 2010.
  • NABARD and NCDC sponsored project on "Formation of FPC and FPOs", implemented in 2021.
  • OIL sponsored project on "Augmentation of Agriculture through Efficient Resource Utilization with Participatory Approach", implemented in 2018.
  • World bank sponsored project on "APART", implemented in 2017.